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LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
Beethoven: Complete Piano Sonatas (10 CD set. ) Vladimir Ashkenazy (piano) [ Decca Bargain Boxes / 10 CD Box Set - released 12/Oct/2004 ] "(Ashkenazy) delivers the music with songful grace as well as strength" (Gramophone) |
SCHUMANN
The Works for Solo Piano (Incls 'Kreisleriana', 'Humoreske' & 'Carnival') [7 Cd set] Vladimir Ashkenazy (piano) [ Decca Collectors Edition / 7 CD Box Set - released 1/May/2012 ] This seven CD Decca release brings together Schumann's solo works in recordings Ashkenazy made earlier in his career. |
FREDERIC CHOPIN
Chopin: Nocturnes and Ballades Vladimir Ashkenazy (piano) [ Double Decca / 2 CD - released 15/May/2004 ] "In his sense of wonder Ashkenazy never disappoints. The magic and mystery of this music emerge in a way I can only describe as hypnotic." (Gramophone) |
SHOSTAKOVICH
Piano Works (Incls Sonata No.2) Vladimir Ashkenazy (piano) [ Decca Records / SACD - released 5/Apr/2004 ] On Hybrid Super Audio CD (SACD) format, presented in full 5.1 surround sound! PLAYABLE ON ANY CD SYSTEM |
SERGEI RACHMANINOV
Rachmaninov: Preludes op.23, op.32, op.3 no.2 Vladimir Ashkenazy (piano) [ Decca Originals / CD - released 25/Mar/2007 ] 1001 Classical recordings you must hear before you die (1851-1900) - 'Perhaps what strikes home most of all is the sheer aristocracy of his playing...everything is beautifully moulded and proportioned, beautifully balanced and blended.' Gramophone... |
CHOPIN / DEBUSSY / RAVEL
Recital (rec 1965) Vladimir Ashkenazy (piano) [ Decca Originals / CD - released 20/Jul/2007 ] 'Ashkenazy plays it marvellously well, and seems oblivious of the difficulties [Gaspard]. His soft playing is really soft, and yet always full of atmosphere and tension. He is lazily relaxed in 'Ondine', hushed and mesmeric in 'Le Gibet', and what... |